. Vive la France! . ominionfought on for a solid week, and thereby savedthe army from annihilation, needs no re-telHnghere. Brigade after brigade of fresh troops,division after division, was hurled against thembut still they battled on. So closely werethey pressed at times that they fought in littlegroups; men from Ontario and Quebecshoulder to shoulder with blood-stained heroesfrom Alberta and Saskatchewan. At last,when it seemed as though human endurancecould stand the strain no longer, up went thecry, Here come the guns! and the Cana-dian batteries, splashed with sweat and mud,tore into act
. Vive la France! . ominionfought on for a solid week, and thereby savedthe army from annihilation, needs no re-telHnghere. Brigade after brigade of fresh troops,division after division, was hurled against thembut still they battled on. So closely werethey pressed at times that they fought in littlegroups; men from Ontario and Quebecshoulder to shoulder with blood-stained heroesfrom Alberta and Saskatchewan. At last,when it seemed as though human endurancecould stand the strain no longer, up went thecry, Here come the guns! and the Cana-dian batteries, splashed with sweat and mud,tore into action on the run. Action front!screamed the officers, and the guns whirledlike polo ponies so that their muzzles facedthe oncoming wave of gray. With shrap-nel! . , Load! The lean and polished projec-tiles slipped in and the breech-blocks snappedhome. Fire at will! and the blast of steeltore bloody avenues in the German fresh battalions filled the gaps—the Ger-man reserves seemed inexhaustible—and they. 60 to D. CO -M n I-a ^ O 4J • r; -a in p 60 C -T3 r8 3 a* c 360IO c
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